Bithynia fuchsiana
| Bithynia fuchsiana | |
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| Live Bithynia fuchsiana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Bithyniidae |
| Genus: | Bithynia |
| Species: | B. fuchsiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Bithynia fuchsiana (Möllendorff, 1888)
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Bithynia fuchsiana is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
Distribution[]
Distribution of this species includes:
Ecology[]
Bithynia fuchsiana inhabits lentic habitats such as lakes, rice fields, ponds and others.[1]
Bithynia fuchsiana serves as the first intermediate host for the trematode Clonorchis sinensis.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Madhyastha, A. (2012). "Bithynia fuchsiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T166293A1128252. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166293A1128252.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 125.
- ^ Dung, Bui Thi; Madsen, Henry; The, Dang Tat (2010). "Distribution of freshwater snails in family-based VAC ponds and associated waterbodies with special reference to intermediate hosts of fish-borne zoonotic trematodes in Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam". Acta Tropica. 116 (1): 15–23. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.04.016. PMID 20457118..
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Bithyniidae
- Gastropods described in 1888
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